Why Jesus Said 'If You Love Me Keep My Commandments'
Leah Lively
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And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
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the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you.
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I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
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Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
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On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
John 14:15-20 Study Resources
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ver 21,23;
Psalms 103:18 ;John 15:10 ;1 John 2:3-5 ;1 John 3:22,24 ;1 John 5:3 ;2 John 6 ;Revelation 12:17 ;Revelation 14:12 -
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ver 26;
John 15:26 ;John 16:7 -
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John 15:26 ;John 16:13 ;1 John 4:6 ;1 John 5:6 -
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1 Corinthians 2:14 -
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1 Kings 6:13 -
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ver 3,28; S
Matthew 16:27 -
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John 7:33,34 ;John 16:16 -
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John 6:57 -
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John 16:23,26 -
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ver 10,11;
John 10:38 ;John 17:21 -
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Romans 8:10
Footnotes 1
- [a] Some early manuscripts "and is"
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